The Bog Disaster
It is 112 years today since since so many women and children lost their lives when, following heavy rain, there was a land slip which crushed a little row of cottages known as the Bog Cottages. Not on any old maps but we know they were situated up the hill behind the Tyne Retail Park.
In partnership with Prudhoe Community Partnership, Northumberland County Council and Prudhoe Town Council we are working on the installation of an interpretation board to commemorate this disaster for Prudhoe.
To read more about this event please click here to visit our webpage
Local resident Joe Ridley wrote a moving piece of verse which has been set to music, The Devil's Ground, by local musician Billy Mitchell.
To listen to this please click here.
Prudhoe Local History Society in partnership with Prudhoe Community Partnership
It is 112 years today since since so many women and children lost their lives when, following heavy rain, there was a land slip which crushed a little row of cottages known as the Bog Cottages. Not on any old maps but we know they were situated up the hill behind the Tyne Retail Park.
In partnership with Prudhoe Community Partnership, Northumberland County Council and Prudhoe Town Council we are working on the installation of an interpretation board to commemorate this disaster for Prudhoe.
To read more about this event please click here to visit our webpage
Local resident Joe Ridley wrote a moving piece of verse which has been set to music, The Devil's Ground, by local musician Billy Mitchell.
To listen to this please click here.
Prudhoe Local History Society in partnership with Prudhoe Community Partnership
NEXT MEETING
Our programme is suspended until further notice.
Please keep safe and we look forward to seeing everyone as soon as it is safe to meet again.
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Committee
As we were unable to hold our annual AGM there is no formal committee.
Please email us at prudhoelocalhistory@gmail.com for information about out Society and the website
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A Prudhoe Likeness
This book is long out of print and difficult to find. As a service to the community, the text, with some minor updates, is provided here. For the purposes of a neat display on the screen, it has been subdivided into several sections. The content of each section is not logically related, but is referenced as appropriate from the gallery. Please click here to access A Prudhoe Likeness
Oral History
We are working to capture the memories of Prudhoe folk.
Have you spent much of your life in or around Prudhoe? Do you know someone who would like to share their memories?
If so, we'd love to be able to capture these memories and record them in the Oral Histories section of our website. If you're interested, please let us know. Click here to email the Society.
You can see our collection of interviews on the Personal Memories tab on this website.
Our programme is suspended until further notice.
Please keep safe and we look forward to seeing everyone as soon as it is safe to meet again.
*************
Committee
As we were unable to hold our annual AGM there is no formal committee.
Please email us at prudhoelocalhistory@gmail.com for information about out Society and the website
*************
A Prudhoe Likeness
This book is long out of print and difficult to find. As a service to the community, the text, with some minor updates, is provided here. For the purposes of a neat display on the screen, it has been subdivided into several sections. The content of each section is not logically related, but is referenced as appropriate from the gallery. Please click here to access A Prudhoe Likeness
Oral History
We are working to capture the memories of Prudhoe folk.
Have you spent much of your life in or around Prudhoe? Do you know someone who would like to share their memories?
If so, we'd love to be able to capture these memories and record them in the Oral Histories section of our website. If you're interested, please let us know. Click here to email the Society.
You can see our collection of interviews on the Personal Memories tab on this website.
Local knowledge and information requests
Please click here to visit our new page, where we will publish some of the queries we receive asking for information about local families and history.
Please click here to visit our new page, where we will publish some of the queries we receive asking for information about local families and history.
Gone but never forgotten
Jim Standish, our founder and lifelong President, sadly passed on Saturday 10 August 2019.
The position will rest in peace with Jim.
Our former treasurer and friend, Brian Thompson who died on 30 June 2017
Former outings secetary and chair Howard Haywood who died on 21 October 2020
Membership Secretary and friend Marcus Gatenby who died on 12 February 2021
Acknowledgements:
Thanks to all of the Society members and other residents of Prudhoe & District who have contributed knowledge and photographs to this site via the Society archives. Special thanks to Jim Standish, Howard and Janet Haywood and David Walker. Thanks also to Tony Winship, a professional web designer, who has now moved his business from Prudhoe to Spain. Tony gave us the domain name and was very influential in the design of the website. Any errors found on this site, however, are the responsibility of the Website manager and they will be promptly corrected, when notified and, if necessary, verified.
Thanks to all of the Society members and other residents of Prudhoe & District who have contributed knowledge and photographs to this site via the Society archives. Special thanks to Jim Standish, Howard and Janet Haywood and David Walker. Thanks also to Tony Winship, a professional web designer, who has now moved his business from Prudhoe to Spain. Tony gave us the domain name and was very influential in the design of the website. Any errors found on this site, however, are the responsibility of the Website manager and they will be promptly corrected, when notified and, if necessary, verified.
Visit External Links:
There are two local websites which provide a wealth of information about the community and community activities. The first,
http://www.prudhoelocal.co.uk/, is provided by the local newspaper, the Hexham Courant. The second,
http://www.prudhoe.org/, is provided by the Prudhoe Community Partnership. Other interesting links are:
www.balh.org.uk British Association for Local History
www.experiencewoodhorn.com Woodhorn Museum
www.northumberland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=10452 Prudhoe Library
www.heddonhistory.weebly.com Heddon-on-the-Wall Local History Society
The Heddon site contains many other links and is also, like this site, built using the Weebly software.
Visit The Miner's Map Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MinersLampCafe/